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The Trainspotter's Grotto ( Part Two)

12/19/2020

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Last week, Mason Moore gave us part one of his great festive tale, The Trainspotter's Grotto.

Mason is a 20-year-old student journalist who covers the town of Hinckley, Leicestershire with The Hinckley Free Press, a student-led news website which he co-founded.

One of Mason’s many original headlines was picked up by regional and national newspapers in England, and even made it over to The Daily Telegraph in Australia.

In the past, he has served as a magazine writer and columnist and worked alongside local newspapers in submitting original photographs and tips for regional journalists.

Here's the concluding part, but, if you want to catch up on Part One first... 
Read Part One by clicking here
by Mason Moore
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With just hours to spare before it turned 9 o'clock, Edward called the Council boss and explained that Lord Farley wanted to move Santa's Grotto to the train station to the steam locomotive passing through the tracks.


Council Boss, Tom Williams, said: "We'd be silly to say no! He's Mr. Moneybags and it would prove more popular with the children than ever before - I'll send the organisers to post a notice on the door right now, and we'll be in early in the morning to box up all of the decorations."

Edward couldn't even get a word in, he just thanked him, and jotted every little breath and word down with his teeline shorthand which he had used to graduate with his Journalism degree.

Edward called back Lord Farley and explained that the plans were indeed going ahead, he said "All is looking up. Consider it a done deal, now we've got to let Santa know, although we'll need to 'enroll the help of Santa's elves' to get our decorations on your train. You're working with the North Pole!"

"Why thank you for letting me know. Ha! Yes, if only Santa's elves could box things up and help us, what lifesavers they would be for us, I'd be forever grateful. See you tomorrow, then!", he proceeded to hang up.

He made the jape but it slipped his mind that Santa's head elf did actually call the newspaper editor himself earlier as he was so shocked that the North Pole wanted to work with him.

Edward had made all of his calls from home that evening, when he was even meant to be off-duty, but who'd say no to helping spread some Christmas cheer? He headed to bed, and called Santa Claus at half six in the morning.

BUZZ! BUZZ! BUZZ! went the noise of the vibrations before the ringtone chimed in for the North Pole phone: "Jingle Bells" played until Jasper the Elf working his early morning shift picked up the phone.

"Hello! I do hate to be your personal 'alarm clock', but today is the day! Give Santa an hour and then let him be on his way, for the railway owner millionaire boss is meeting Santa Claus and is hosting the Grotto on the loco'. The Council know, too!"

"Bye bye for now!", he hung up quickly and prepared himself for the day.

Coming off the over end of the phone in Lapland, Jasper ran on over to the big man himself, who was fast asleep in bed wearing his Christmas-themed pyjamas covered which were covered top to bottom in cartoon candy canes and gingerbread men. He was wearing his red night cap with the white bobble on top.

"Santa, Santa, get up, get up! You've got to go...now!"

"The Grotto is being hosted on the locomotive! The big businessman, Farley, wants to meet you!"

"Golly gosh! Oh wow! It's a Christmas miracle. The children will be delighted!" Santa exclaimed. Santa spent the morning practicing his best belly laughs - "Ho, ho, ho; ho, ho, ho!" ready to greet the children with.

He spent the morning eating his mince pie and cornflakes with a cup of tea before setting off, and he even packed himself a glass bottle of Coca-Cola ready for his trip over, whilst his head elves working the early morning shift awoke his reindeer for him as he got changed and donned his famous red uniform.

He took to the sky at seven o'clock ready to arrive for eight o’clock, just before it turned light at half eight.

He flew over whilst it was still dark in the morning and the early morning dog walkers, joggers and outdoor gym-goers had noticed a small spec in the sky.

Now, it wasn't a shooting star, shining star, or helicopter, it was making a rather loud noise and chiming with the sound of bells.

He arrived at 7:59 am, just in time for eight o'clock and parked the Sleigh on a historic piece of land, a private garden in a former stationmaster's house which was once used back in the 1800's, which is protected from the general public so it was the safest place to leave it, and Farley's company owns the land in the modern day.

Santa Claus had an hour to spare until he had to meet the children of Hinckley and got his head elf and practically his publicist at this point, Jasper, to send a press release explaining that the Grotto had moved in one big broadcast email to all of the townspeople.

He casually walked on through Castle Street and oh golly you could hear his big boots stomping from a mile away - thump, thump, thump.

He popped into a nearby red-coloured coffee chain branch and as soon as he worked through the doors, baristas were chattering about how much he 'looked like' Santa.. his deep voice boomed over the counter!

"Ho ho! One gingerbread cinnamon-topped latte, please! Oh, and I heard you back from the entrance because of my good ears...I 'look like' Santa because I AM Santa!"

He pulled out his official credentials, was about to pay for his coffee, but the fee was very generously waived because he was so notable and brings so much joy to the town.


Santa walked what would have a ten minute walk down the empty streets, but stopped himself in his steps where he sneaks a glance of where the Grotto was going to be in the cafe - the boxes had been moved - the elves off the back off the sleigh had been in, located where the loco was overnight and had decorated the inside as they can slip through the tiniest cracks, nooks, and crannies.

An Uber came screeching down the high-street a road away from him, the window rolled on down "I'd recognise you from anywhere...Hop in, Santa Claus! It'll be your first car share, it’s not a sleigh ride for once!"

It was Farley from London, who had taken a two-hour car ride that morning to meet up with Santa. Santa jumped in - they had got to the station and they were greeted by Edward with his notepad and pen.

Crowds started forming to their confusion once they arrived...they had checked - everyone had read the email broadcast, families were waking up, but more importantly, there was only ten minutes to go before the loco' came through to stop on the tracks! The time had flown on by...

With the ten minutes to spare, Edward pulled out his notepad and pen, interviewed Farley and Father Christmas using his shorthand abilities as well as his journalistic instinct, and interviewing techniques.

"Smile!", exclaimed Edward as the duo had their photograph taken on the railway station platform bridge.

They smiled for a photo together, made their way down the bridge and sure enough, a big cloud of steam came out the top of a locomotive with a big festive snowflake on the front of the circular badge.

The trio waited for the steam loco to stop and that it did - it stopped in its tracks and stayed on the line! "Wooo!" "Yaaay!" "Whoopie!", were just a few of the many cheers exclaimed by the young children and adults together in unison at the site of the Christmas loco passing through.

The doors opened - Santa was in shock, his jaw dropped - it was decorated with lifesize nutcrackers in each carriage, blankets of snow, plenty of presents all around for the young children to enjoy and have not just one present but two each, and, the elves had even set up their very own photo booth for selfies!


Santa boarded first and sat on down in his chair and complimentary cups of hot chocolate, and yummy treats like mince pies and yule logs were offered to the youngsters by Santa's elves were on offer. 

Edward was taking photographs for the Tin Hat Journal and Farley was greeting the townspeople who were thanking him for the opportunity to board the exclusive and historic loco with Father Christmas.

Santa had met more people this year than those who visited just to see the loco pass through last year - he met a whopping total of over 500 people in the full hour and a half he was there early in the morning, and all of the children gave him a copy of their Christmas lists, so he was able to keep track of what to deliver to them the next night.

It had came to half 10 for the time that Santa Claus had to leave, he said "Goodbye!" and made sure that he would receive a copy of the Tin Hat Journal when he delivered presents to the Hinckleyans in the town on the night.

He waved goodbye to Edward, Farley and the Council Leader and the townspeople before boarding his sleigh.

Santa Claus headed home and made sure that he had his day off rest off before heading back out to the town where he had his numbered lists to deliver the correct presents to the right children in every household.

When he headed back over the next night in the middle of the night, Santa was surprised by his mince pies, brandy snaps, yule logs, cherry bakewells, biscuits, pints of beer, brandy and milk - it was an awful lot of food but he wasn't
complaining!

As for the children, everybody received exactly what they had asked for on the list when they met Santa Claus - the Council Leader even received a 'thank you' letter from the big bearded man in red himself, Edward, a snowflake-covered designed pen and notepad, and Farley, a toy train and signed photograph of himself of Santa...

Edward did successfully manage to get all of his columns and exclusive front page for the Tin Hat Journal for Santa Claus - it was the best-selling issue. He had left Santa Claus a copy out for night-time when he visited, alongside a pint of real ale.


The End

Merry Christmas

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The Trainspotter's Grotto

12/14/2020

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Welcome to this wonderful seasonal story, written by Mason Moore. a 20-year-old student journalist who covers the town of Hinckley, Leicestershire with The Hinckley Free Press, a student-led news website which he co-founded.

One of Mason’s many original headlines was picked up by regional and national newspapers in England, and even made it over to The Daily Telegraph in Australia.

In the past, Mason has served as a magazine writer and columnist and worked alongside local newspapers in submitting original photographs and tips for regional journalists.

Here's Part One of his Christmas fictional tale, The Trainspotter's Grotto, which will conclude here on Saturday, December 19th.   


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by Mason Moore

​IT WAS the week of Santa Claus' visit to the town of Hinckley and he was preparing for his annual visit to his Amazing Grotto in the town centre.

Santa loved paying a visiting over to the ever-busy town centre as the Christmas cheer really shown in Hinckley like no-other town nearby as Hinckleyans made their best efforts to spread as much festive fun as possible.

Independent coffee shops and cafes would make their own Christmassy hot drinks and mince pies, the tops of the town's shopfronts would be covered in tinsel and whilst the high street was entirely pitch black, the town centre was lit up by the ever-festive Christmas lights which were the only light sources keeping the town bright and alight at night time!

The Christmas tree never failed to impress, decorated with individually handcrafted and homemade ornaments from local children with their parents and nearby schools and youth groups - it was a rather exciting atmosphere for all Hinckleyans and visitors.

Santa Claus looked forward to paying a visit to Hinckley more than any other Leicestershire town centre as the children were ever-so appreciative of all of their presents where he'd meet them inside his Grotto.

The children would meet him in their Christmas jumpers and Santa hats as he inspired them all with his positive attitude and ever-contagious belly laugh as he exclaims "Ho, ho, ho!" and rewards the youngsters for their good manners and being well-behaved by giving them presents every time that he pays a visit.

With it being the weekend with only two days to go before he visited in his Grotto and then two more days before he came down the families' chimneys, he asked the children to work on a list of their most wanted toys so that he knew what to get them this year so that he could grab them from the Grotto and drop it back off to the elves over in the North Pole workshop.

He done this by emailing the local schools, youth groups, and parents. His email read: "Dear all of the boys and girls of Hinckley, I'll be visiting you in just two days in my Grotto where I'll be able to tell you which list you are on - naughty, or nice, although I feel most of you will be on my nice list!

"Please do make a Christmas wishlist of all the toys that you would like this year so that I do know and then give it to me on the day of my visit when I next see you. Ho ho ho!"

The town's youngsters were ecstatic with the news that Santa had emailed them all and wanted to know what they were after this festive season, and from then on, they were glued to television screens and paying trips to the department stores where their lists were getting longer and longer!

An entire day had passed, and the children had their Christmas lists at the ready and there was just one day to go until they met Santa Claus himself.

They had got their sleep and couldn't contain their excitement - you could walk down a street and hear Christmas music playing from miles away! Meanwhile, back at the North Pole, Santa Claus was preparing for his trip over to the town which was just a day away.

All of his reindeer were looking forward to leaving and Mrs. Claus was staying behind with the elves to make sure that the workshop was in tip-top shape so that they could concentrate on making toys all day round.

Now, all Santa Claus had to do was sort out with the big Council bosses whereabouts the Grotto was this year and where his reindeer would be looked after nearby whilst he was handing out his gifts.

He decides to open up the internet and read through a digital copy of the town's newspaper, as he can't pick up the physical copies all the way over from the North Pole, but to his surprise, a nearby railway company had decided that the day that his Grotto would be on they would send their steam locomotive passing through, which only happens once a year.

This wouldn't have proven to be a problem if it was a niche activity, except, it wasn't...it was very, very, very popular and racked up audiences of well over 100 people, in fact when it passed through the year prior in early January, over 350+ attended as Hinckley had the best view for trainspotting in the entirety of Leicestershire.

On the other hand, the head organisers at the railway station had no idea that Santa would be coming through as they were part of a rather large publicly traded London-based firm who even had their own stocks and shares on the London Stock Exchange, and they hadn't clicked with the fact that this would interfere, but Santa had seen what he had seen and was rather shocked by their decision to want to pass through on the day they had chosen and sadly taken it personally.

"Well, well, Mrs. Claus, what have I done wrong? I don't think I have if anything! I reward well-behaved children each year, and they're trying to win the families over instead of letting them see me this year.. Drat. Drat and bother!"

Mrs. Claus replied: "Well, Santa, surely there must have been a mix-up! I'm sure they meant nothing by it to upset you personally, why don't we get the Chief Elf to call the newspaper for the railway bosses phone number?"

"Okay, okay, it's worth a shot, I suppose", Santa exclaimed adamantly. He sat on down with a hot chocolate and mince pie and opened his laptop back up to the virtual newspaper where he whacked in the search bar "EDITOR", and sure enough, the editor's phone number popped up - this would be Santa's best lead to find and locate a contact for this...Out of interest, he even Googled the company, and surprise, surprise, it was the main lead advertisement on their website.

Following Santa's instructions, Head Elf for the Leicestershire area, Jasper, called the Editor of the Tin Hat Journal. "Hello there! I'm Head Elf at the North Pole, I'm calling on behalf of Santa Claus to find out where I could locate a contact number for the railway company."

The Editor, Edward Stockwell, was in shock! He had never heard directly from Santa Claus' team himself as he was a newspaper editor and not a member of Santa's town and events team so this was a pleasant surprise - "Well, I most definitely believe you, but can you please put Santa Claus on the line so I can have definitive confirmation?"

"Speaking! Ho ho ho, in fact, I know exactly where you are, you're on Holliers Walk in a little office and publishing house - I've been past there on my sleigh many a time, you know!"

Mr. Stockwell said: "Well yes, Santa!, oh I do now know it IS you! Please put your head elf on the line again."

Santa proceeded to do so.

Adding further, Edward the Editor asks: "So, may I help? I don't know if I can, but anything for Santa Claus!"

Jasper, Santa's Elf, explained: "Well, only if you'd really like to I suppose, we noticed that in your newspaper that the railway firm are sending their biggest and best steam locomotive through the town's railway station tomorrow, but we've been penned in with the Council for the young Hinckleyans to meet up with Santa Claus in his Grotto - it's even the main advertisement on their website!

"Have you a way of contacting them for us and finding out why they would do such a thing to us during this busy time for us?"

Edward replied: "Well, one would assume no malicious intent was made by them and this just happens to be a mere coincidence - they're not even advertising the fact it is passing through as a Christmas steam or anything of the likes, so I do really just think the timing matches up rather unfortunately.

“But, what I will do is arrange for their head boss to call me - I'll email them now and let them know what's going on, and hopefully we'll be able to resolve this situation.

"I am really sorry that you have taken this to heart though, and anyway, tomorrow evening at 6pm our newspaper gets printed ready to make its way to the shop shelves...I can interview Santa Claus when he come on over - how about that?"

Jasper explains to Santa Claus, who has since calmed down over his hot drink and agreed to do so.

"Ah, brilliant! I'll let you know of any updates first thing tomorrow morning! Just meet me at that Grotto, and I'll sort myself a press pass to get early access to find out exactly what is going on.

"Goodbye for now and have a good evening!"

Back in Hinckley, Edward done some social media research in the local community groups, and the children could not wait to give Santa Claus their lists and meet him tomorrow.

Luckily for Santa Claus, the residents hadn't even noticed that the dates had clashed and the newspaper hadn't even mentioned it explicitly, they had just mentioned that the event happened to be happening on the same day.

Sticking true to his word, Edward placed an email to the head boss of the railway company, Lord Farley, asking for a phone call - half an hour later he had successfully heard back from Farley, and had agreed to do so - he was a rather upper-class man and was granted the title of 'Lord' as he was given that title for his works in the city of London, where his company mainly operated, despite sending freights, commuters, and loco' trains out to town stations.

Edward picked up the phone and dialled in the number from the email: "Hello? I'm a newspaper editor in Hinckley with the Tin Hat Journal - I've just got off a phone call with the North Pole.

"There's been a bit of a miscommunication at North Pole HQ over Santa Claus' trip to the town of Hinckley tomorrow, you see."

"Oh! Hello! How so?", chimed in Farley, happy, but rather confused.

"Well, do you happen to oversee your company's localised steam loco town trips at all, or work with the town in any way?", asked Edward, looking to get to the source of the dilemma.

"Why no, we just selected the few free dates on the calendar we could do so when passenger and commuter trains weren't passing through as commonly, I've little to no involvement on that front. Please may you care to explain further upon the problem in question? I do hope I can help you!", the big railway
businessman and boss replied, and was happy to try and help out.

"What has happened is your company have booked on the same day that Santa will be coming to his Grotto, but luckily, nobody has noticed this.

“Now, it'd be unfair to ask either party to cancel, and we wouldn't want the townspeople and youngsters not to meet Father Christmas would we?

“Can we settle on a deal here to try and fix this?", the newspaper editor asked hoping he would be positive.

Farley said: "Oh absolutely! Yes, yes, anything for Father Christmas of course. In fact, where is the Grotto set to be?"

Edward replied: "Well, erm, in an old cafe that was going to be renovated, it sounds like it is starting to be decorated..."

"Fear not - you just make sure them decorations can come on down, and I'll make sure that the loco' stops on the tracks for an hour and a half, I'm looking at the calendar, and you will not believe me if I tell you, but the schedule has freed up as a few passenger trains can't pass through as Narborough and Leicester are closing their passenger services for Christmas!

"That way, you can have your front page, although I must be interviewed to show people I helped Santa Claus, and then we're happy by staying on the railway lines - can you call me back in half an hour to see if this is something you want to take up?"

Edward replied: "Most certainly, I'll call the event organisers and Santa Claus now. Tata for now."

"Jolly well, tata for now then!", the phone hung up and Edward has secured himself a new front page story for tomorrow's edition, with not just Santa Claus, but a head transport boss.
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  • Mason Moore's Christmas tale, The Trainspotter's Grotto, concludes here on Saturday, December 19th 
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The Tangled Tuna

12/4/2020

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I'll hand straight over to today's guest blogger...children's writer Richard Shore
by Richard Shore
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It’s worth mentioning how I first met Stewart. Back in 2002, I started a brief contract at an advertising agency in Leicestershire for two weeks, which actually turned into two years, but that’s another story.
 
Anyway, guess who had an office next to mine? Yes, Stewart did! We used to talk about PR projects, share ideas, but most importantly, crack daily jokes! It was a great time and good to work with someone with so much media background.
 
Roll on 17 years and I was scrolling through my Twitter feed one day, only to see a name blasting from the past – Stewart. So, we’ve been in contact again ever since – which leads to this guest post and my journey in writing.

Biography:
I grew up in Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, and have been in marketing since I was 16, starting at a PR company. Since then, I’ve enjoyed marketing management roles that have seen me climb tower cranes to get the best PR story (wasn’t scared, honest), train with the UK’s top Yo-Yo champions (you should see my ‘walk the dog’ trick), and even launched an achingly beautiful hotel with a member of the British Royal Family.
 
And in all that time, my writing skills have been stretched, honed, developed, and honed even more to help my clients. But it wasn’t until 2009 that I thought about writing fiction – and it was for my children.
 
In that year, I moved with my family to Co. Waterford in Ireland for lifestyle reasons. And one day a light bulb went off in my head – I thought about writing unique, personal bedtime stories for my children.
  
Reading a story before going to sleep was always a special time - it makes them happy, and a perfect end to a day.
 
So I wrote two, short adventure series. For my daughter, Hurrahtum Adventures! It features Lucy, a girl living by the sea, who has amazing adventures when she says a magic word – “Hurrahtum!” 
 
The word magically makes a cove and boat appear, which she has many exciting adventures with. They range from helping a surfer in trouble, creating a birthday present for a friend, and returning a lost seal to its family.
 
My son’s series is Will’s Wild Adventures - based on a boy who lives in an amazing wilderness – surrounded by a crystal clear flowing river, tall forest, and snow-capped mountains. And when he’s on an adventure, he can get help from a special shed, with every tool you can think of.
 
So far, Will has helped a beaver family in trouble after a storm. He also discovers a dinosaur after an earthquake, and his latest book sees Will solve a spooky mystery at a mine, and gets an unexpected surprise.
 
Once I’d developed the series, I set about writing the books on computer. I printed out the pages, hand drew illustrations to bring the books to life, and then created a cover and bound them. My children now have three books in each series, carefully tucked away in their bedside cabinets.
 
They loved them and I also received other positive reviews. So I decided to publish as eBooks, to be available online through e-readers.
 
Inspiration for both series comes from as passion for being outside. Whether it’s walking on the beach, rock-pooling, wildlife, woodland walks, survival techniques, or a great love I have - surfing.
 
Aimed at 3 – 7 year olds, the books are ideal for those who love a heart-warming, adventurous bedtime story. Because they are a series, young children embrace the characters, and quickly relish how Lucy or Will tackles their next adventure.

​Hurrahtum Adventures! The Tangled Tuna:
By now, you’ll know I love being outside, particularly at the beach and enjoying the sea.
 
And for years, I’ve always tried to make a difference when it came to reusing things, recycling materials or repairing broken items. And a visit to the beach was no different when looking after our environment. Seeing rubbish and plastic shouldn’t be happening in the 21st century, so I’d try to fill my car boot with as much as I could.
 
And through reading articles, I discovered another ocean plastic polluter, but one that was unknown to most – ghost gear. This is lost and abandoned fishing gear that remains in the ocean, continuing to catch fish and other animals, known as ghost fishing.
 
Ghost gear can remain in the oceans for up to 600 years, before breaking down into microplastics. Approximately 640,000 tonnes enter the world’s oceans every year, making up at least 10 per cent of all marine pollution.
 
With all this knowledge, I thought it would be not only a great adventure, but also an inspirational one for Lucy’s next book.

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​And so in November 2020 I launched the fourth title in the Hurrahtum Adventures! series – The Tangled Tuna, where Lucy rescues tuna caught in a discarded fishing net.
 
I’m delighted to say too that I’m proudly supporting Plastic Oceans UK with the book - a non-profit organisation that has a mission to stop plastic reaching the oceans within a generation.
 
For every The Tangled Tuna sold, I’ll donate 50 per cent profits to the charity.
 
Hopefully with this book, it will highlight what’s happening in our world’s oceans, and inspire people to do what they can.
 
The eBook is vibrantly illustrated and is available to purchase worldwide, priced at £4.99 (or country equivalent), via this link:  The Tangled Tuna.
 
For further information on Plastic Oceans UK: https://plasticoceans.uk/
 
For further information on all Richard Shore’s books: https://richardshorebooks.wixsite.com/website
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Five Ways to Help Your Child Enjoy Reading

12/2/2020

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​​Reading is an incredibly important skill. It will not only support your child academically and professionally, but they can also use reading for entertainment and relaxation.

To encourage your child to pick up more books, an independent school in Surrey has put together five ways to help your child enjoy reading…
1.  Reading activities

Where possible, try to include reading into your everyday activities. For example, you could ask your child to read your shopping list and then help you to find these items at the supermarket by reading the overhead signs. The trick is to try and make reading feel more fun, instead of a chore.

2.  Make a reading den
Creating an area within your home which is dedicated to books is a great way to encourage reading. You could make a cozy den with a box full of books, or a reading corner with posters on the wall. Perhaps you could include your child’s favourite theme, like pirates or space to make reading time even more appealing.

3  Creative writing

Regular reading will also help your child when it comes to creative writing exercises at school.
If your child enjoys reading a particular book, you could set them a challenge to create their own ending to the story. Think of what parts of the storyline could be changed in order to achieve a different outcome.

4.  Reading for relaxation

If your child struggles with stress or has trouble sleeping, encourage them to start reading. By focusing on a good story, your child will be able to forget about their worries and begin to relax. Teach your child that they can always use a book and the power of their imagination to take them away to somewhere new.

5.  Reading apps

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Finally, use technology to help your child enjoy reading. Smart phones and tablets are ideal for downloading fun and interactive reading apps. These apps provide safe spaces for reading without parents worrying about unsafe content online. You can choose what your child can access within these apps; use timer features and monitor your child’s reading progress.
 
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    He lives with his wife, Sue, in Leicestershire in the UK, and has two children, Christopher and Charlotte, and a budgie called Bertie.

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